Ross Park Mall Expanding, Century III Closed & More: Weekly Wrap

PITTSBURGH, PA - Other malls in Pittsburgh have to be jealous of Ross Park Mall. It already has the region’s only Nordstrom, Tiffany and L.L. Bean stores and has become the mall of choice of discriminating southwestern Pennsylvania shoppers.

Now comes word that the mall is planning a major expansion that will include a new theater, fitness facility and new retail and restaurants. Also planned are a three-story addition and a two-story stand-alone retail building under a massive redevelopment proposal centered around the former Sears store.

The plans will be detailed at Monday’s Ross commissioners’ meeting.

Geez, it’s already impossible to find a parking space at Ross Park Mall on the weekends and around the holidays. Imagine how hard it will be once the expansion is completed.

Now for the rest of the Weekly Wrap:

While Ross Park Mall is thriving, it looks like Century III Mall in West Mifflin pretty much is at the end of the line.

The Caliente Pizza & Drafthouse chain, makers of that award-winning pizza you know and love, is getting larger.

Oh no! A fire damaged the popular Harris Grill in Shadyside.

A persistent roach problem led to the Allegheny County Health Department closing Las Palmas 2 in Oakland.

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